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DLP in the German Healthcare System

January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 Data Loss Prevention Healthcare

In the German healthcare industry, sensitive data spans everything from drug patents through to patient data and clinical trial results. That’s why data breaches can lead to financial losses and damage a company’s…

How to secure healthcare data with a DLP solution

December 15, 2022February 1, 2024 Data Loss Prevention Healthcare

Considered highly sensitive and very valuable, protected health information (PHI) has been heavily regulated for years through specialized laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).…

4 ways DLP helps secure PHI

November 22, 2022February 1, 2024 Compliance Healthcare

Protected health information (PHI) is a specific type of personally identifiable information (PII) that relates to medical records as well as any past, present, or future information about an individual’s physical or…

Pharma Companies: How to Protect Your Intellectual Property?

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 Data Loss Prevention Healthcare

Intellectual property (IP) is one of the crown jewel asset classes belonging to pharmaceutical companies. Threat actors prize pharma IP because of its high perceived value, and they are willing to deploy a diverse range…

Medical Labs and Imaging Centers: 3 Tips for Maintaining Data Security

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 Healthcare Medical Labs & Imaging Centers

Medical laboratories and imaging centers collect, process, and store data that is considered highly sensitive. As such, they are legally required to securely store and transmit patient data under laws such as the Health…

How DLP Helps with Germany’s Hospital Future Act

October 19, 2021May 11, 2022 Compliance Data Loss Prevention Healthcare

On 18 September 2020, the German Federal Government (Bundestag) passed the Hospital Future Act (Krankenhauszukunftsgesetz or KHZG) to support the digitalization of the national healthcare system. The law makes EUR 3…

How DLP Can Help Health Insurance Providers Protect Their Data

June 24, 2021May 3, 2022 Data Loss Prevention Healthcare Insurance

From personal data and health records to bank account information, health insurance providers collect a vast amount of highly sensitive information about their customers. As a consequence, they have become an attractive…

How DLP Helps Pharmaceutical Companies Protect their Data

April 9, 2021May 11, 2022 Compliance Data Loss Prevention Healthcare

Pharmaceutical companies are both producers and collectors of vast quantities of sensitive data stemming from not only selling pharmaceutical products but also developing them. From initial research to the patent filing,…

HIPAA Compliance and COVID-19

April 10, 2020January 11, 2022 Compliance Data Loss Prevention Healthcare

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads throughout the world, more and more companies are asking their employees to work from home in light of new government-issued regulations and for their own well-being. This unprecedented…

3 Healthcare Data Protection Tips

February 13, 2020January 11, 2022 Data Loss Prevention Healthcare

The healthcare sector is among the worst affected by data breaches on a global level. Collecting extremely sensitive – and therefore very valuable – data and storing it on at times outdated systems, healthcare…

5 Reasons Healthcare Institutions Need Data Loss Prevention

July 26, 2019May 10, 2022 Data Loss Prevention Healthcare

Health information has always been considered extremely sensitive and with the rise of digital healthcare records, the need for its protection has become increasingly urgent. Due to the high volume of data they collect…

Top 5 Ways DLP can help with HIPAA compliance

July 5, 2018November 29, 2022 Compliance Healthcare

Health data, due to its sensitive nature, has always been considered a special category of data and invariably falls under the jurisdiction of data protection regulations. Under the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation…

Study reveals hospitals’ vulnerability to data breaches

March 1, 2018June 24, 2021 Data Loss Prevention Healthcare

A recent study released by the American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) revealed that one third of healthcare data breaches in the US occur in hospitals. The researchers analysed breaches reported to the Office of Civil Rights…

HIPAA Basics and The Role of DLP in Meeting Compliance

March 21, 2017June 24, 2021 Compliance Data Loss Prevention Healthcare

Health-related data is moving more and more from paper to electronic records, determining changes in how healthcare organizations or other industries processing healthcare records are managing and protecting their…